Zeal vs Teal - What's the difference?
zeal | teal |
The fervor or tireless devotion for a person, cause, or ideal and determination in its furtherance; diligent enthusiasm; powerful interest.
* Dryden
* Bible, Romans x. 2
(obsolete) A zealot.
Any of various small freshwater ducks of the genus Anas that are brightly coloured and have short necks.
A dark, somewhat bluish-green colour; a dark cyan.
As nouns the difference between zeal and teal
is that zeal is the fervor or tireless devotion for a person, cause, or ideal and determination in its furtherance; diligent enthusiasm; powerful interest while teal is any of various small freshwater ducks of the genus Anas that are brightly coloured and have short necks.As an adjective teal is
having a bluish-green colour.zeal
English
Noun
- Zeal , the blind conductor of the will.
- I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
- (Ben Jonson)